Product Description

SecuritySeal SSF2
is a pick-resistant, watertight, 2-hour fire-rated (SSF2), high-movement, expansion joint for
horizontal
locations requiring a hardened tamper-resistant surface. Floors such as those found in prisons, detention centers, medical and psychiatric
hospitals, school facilities and
day-care centers are some of the many venues where SecuritySeal SSF is the
perfect choice. Floor joints which join with fire-rated walls in common rooms,
mechanical rooms, and stairwells are typical locations of use.

The SecuritySeal SSF system is comprised of fire-retardant-impregnated foam which is factory
pre-coated on the top and bottom sides with a waterproof, tamper-resistant
polyurethane.

The system is supplied compressed smaller than the width of
the joint gap. The precompressed foam is installed into the joint against
field applied epoxy. A field-injected polyurethane sealant band seals the
upper bellows
to the substrate at the wear surface (the sealant bands
are optional where exposure to water is not expected). Joins between each stick are
executed using a field-applied polyurethane sealant (provided) at the bellows' edge of
the join and intumescent caulking on the foam face.

SecuritySeal is designed to be used in both
retrofit and new structural expansion joints and in all other openings in
horizontal-plane applications.

Secure Pick-ResistantSeal
- The outer watertight layer is made of a hardened flexible polyurethane
which resists deterioration and destruction from picking.

Fire-Rated
- SSF2 has been tested and certified by Underwriters Laboratories (UL) to the
rigors of UL 2079. As a single unit 2-hour or
3-hour
(SSF3) fire-rated expansion joint it
eliminates the need for additional fire stops at the joint gap thereby
eliminating the need for multiple products to perform the roles of sealing,
bridging and fire-rating joints.

Sound Suppression
- The EMSHIELD line of products are manufactured to display superior sound
attenuation characterics when installed in an expansion gap. A single-sided installation of
standard 4-inch deep EMSHIELD fire-rated products yields a tested
Sound Transmission Class rating
of STC-62* in a STC 68 wall. It also receives an Outdoor-Indoor Transmission Class
rating of OITC 52.

Watertight
- All EMSEAL preformed-sealant expansion joint systems are manufactured to
be "watertight by design". The acrylic-impregnated open-cell foam is factory
pre-coated with water-resistant polyurethane which acts as the primary
waterproof seal.

Non-Invasive Anchoring — There are no hard metal-to-substrate
connections with SecuritySeal SSF such as embedded pins, anchors, screws,
bolts or tracks, trays or rails, flanges or coverplates.

The system is locked to the joint faces by means of 1) the backpressure
of the foam; 2) epoxy adhesive, and 3) the injected sealant bands at the
joint face. This method of single-unit installation accommodates
installation at later construction stages where access, positioning or the
existing infrastructure may interfere.

Joint-Size Variation —SecuritySeal SSF features the ability to
handle variations in joint size through size-switching.

Energy Efficiency -- EMSEAL's foam technology also acts as an
efficient air and thermal barrier. This means that indoor air quality and
HVAC balance can be controlled while insulating the interior space from hot
and cold exterior conditions. The non-metallic, non-invasive anchoring means
that with SecuritySeal there are no thermal breaks introduced at structural
or other joint openings.

Because of the bellows configuration of SecuritySeal, the
tamper-resistant polyurethane sealant is not stretched or compressed as in
typical field-applied installations. Instead, the
bellows folds and unfolds with joint movement. This results in the ability to
offer a full 100% total movement capability thereby extending the use of
tamper-resistant sealant technology to structural movement joints or other
building component connections exposed to broad temperature changes and/or
seismic events.

Life-Safety Construction

Behind the pick-resistant outer
surface is a fire-retardant-impregnated foam. The resulting composite is then factory compressed to less than its nominal
size for installation into structural or other openings.

Factory-Fabricated Transitions— as in all EMSEAL
expansion joint systems,
continuity of seal through changes in plane and
direction is an essential performance differentiator.

EMSHIELD
SecuritySeal is manufactured
in straight-run sticks which can be joined in the field to EMSEAL’s
patent-pending SecuritySeal
"Universal-90" Transitions
.

Universal-90 Upturn Transition

Universal-90
Flipped-Over as Downturn Transition

These factory-fabricated
single-piece 90-degree units have a 6-inch long leg and a
12-inch vertical piece on each end of the elbow. Custom-90's
are also offered with varying leg lengths manufactured for
specific installations. Universal-90's are symmetrically coated on both
sides. This allows them to be installed as an upturn
or as a downturn. Either leg can be trimmed in the field
to connect to straight run material or to another Universal-90
when going, for example, up and over a curb, into a parapet, or
up and down treads and risers.

In addition to guaranteeing
a continuous
waterproof coating, and continuity in the fire barrier, EMSEAL’s "Universal-90's" allow for
much faster and secure installation by eliminating field cutting
or notching and bending
at angles.

Performance

Sizing

Substrates must be solid, sound, parallel and plumb.

Note: Overall fire-rating of a wall assembly is dependent on
the fire-rated characteristics of the supporting and adjacent wall
design by others.

Supplied

Product

Nominal Material Size

Depth of

Length

Code

( = Joint Size at Mean T)

Seal

6.56 LF (2M)

SSF2-0050

1/2"

(12mm)

4" (100mm)

Stick

SSF2-0065

5/8"

(15mm)

4" (100mm)

SSF2-0075

3/4"

(20mm)

4" (100mm)

SSF2-0100

1"

(25mm)

4" (100mm)

SSF2-0125

1 1/4"

(30mm)

4" (100mm)

SSF2-0150

1 1/2"

(40mm)

4" (100mm)

SSF2-0175

1 3/4"

(45mm)

4" (100mm)

SSF2-0200

2"

(50mm)

4" (100mm)

SSF2-0225

2 1/4"

(55mm)

4" (100mm)

SSF2-0250

2 1/2"

(60mm)

4" (100mm)

SSF2-0275

2 3/4"

(70mm)

4" (100mm)

SSF2-0300

3"

(75mm)

4" (100mm)

SSF2-0325

3 1/4"

(80mm)

4" (100mm)

SSF2-0350

3 1/2"

(90mm)

4" (100mm)

SSF20375

3 3/4"

(95mm)

4" (100mm)

SSF2-0400

4"

(100mm)

4" (100mm)

Testing and Standards

Only UL 2079 tests
expansion joint movement (cycling expansion and contraction) during
fire-rating testing. This is crucial because expansion joints move.
Non-UL tests do not combine movement cycling and fire blocking --- therefore do
not adequately test the integrity of the expansion joint in simulated
real world conditions. Demand UL/ULC UL 2079
testing and certification in any life-safety application where an
expansion joint needs to be fire-rated.

SecuritySeal has been tested and certified under UL
2079. UL 2079, like ASTM E1966, was developed to encompass the fire
testing of ASTM E119 and the movement cycling regime
of ASTM E1399.

EMSEAL’s EMSHIELD SSF2 has been tested in accordance with UL 2079 in the
configuration depicted in
UL Systems:
#WW-D-0077 and
#WW-D-1089.
SecuritySeal meets the requirements of ASTM E1966, ASTM E119 and ASTM
E1399.

EMSHIELD products have been tested and meet the air leakage requirements
of ASTM E283, the water penetration requirements of ASTM E331, and the
air pressure maintenance requirements of ASTM E330 all at greater than
hurricane force winds tested with the foam expanded to its maximum
expanded size.

Design/System/Construction/Assembly Usage
This material has been tested to UL/ULC 2079 and is manufactured under UL’s
Follow-Up Service. The material is being supplied as a fire-rated component
of a wall or floor assembly. It has been tested to UL 2079 in assemblies as
depicted in EMSEAL’s various listings in the UL
Online Certifications Directory. Use of this material in assembly
configurations other than depicted in the named UL listings will not
encumber or lower the resistance of the deck or wall assembly but is done so
at the designers’ discretion and responsibility for designing substrates as
part of a fire rated assembly that meet applicable standards for the
project. Similarly, the published information in the UL Listings cannot
always address every construction nuance encountered in the field.
Authorities Having Jurisdiction should be consulted in all cases as to the
particular requirements covering the installation and use of UL Listed or
Classified products or materials. Authorities Having Jurisdiction should be
consulted before construction to ensure that specific adjacent substrates
and assemblies are detailed and constructed to meet local fire-rating
requirements.